Make the Most of Your Dental Insurance Before the Year Ends!

As your dental clinic, it’s our responsibility to help guide you through your oral health care so it is as easy & affordable as possible. As a result, we’re dedicated to helping you make the most of your dental insurance, ensuring you get the care you need & you take advantage of every benefit available to you.

Did you know that your dental benefits don’t roll over from year to year? Once you reach the end of the calendar year, your annual dental benefits disappear for good, whether or not you’ve used them.

What do we mean by dental benefits? One of the best examples of a dental insurance benefit are the preventive care services that are usually covered between 80% to 100%, meaning the insurance company pays 80%-100% of the cost of the service . For example, most dental insurance plans give you two teeth cleaning visits each year covered at 100%, meaning you pay nothing out-of-pocket for your dental hygiene visit. Most insurance plans also fully cover at least one set of full mouth x-rays each year.

However, if you’ve visited the dentist for one teeth cleaning this year, that doesn’t mean you get three teeth cleanings next year! Instead, that free cleaning that you skipped goes away at the end of the year & you never get it back!

Another example of your insurance benefits is your annual maximum, meaning the maximum amount that your dental insurance company will pay toward your dental care each year. Annual maximums vary greatly, but say your plan’s maximum is $2,500. If you’ve only used $500 of that $2,500 by the end of the year, the remaining $2,000 disappears & you never get to use it. Essentially, you’re leaving money on the table!

So what should you do if the year is almost up & you still have some of your annual maximum left? Well, this is why the end of the year is a great time to start recommended treatment. First of all, if you haven’t had both your teeth cleanings this year, call us as soon as possible to schedule your second cleaning before the end of the year!

As another example, imagine we told you that you need a crown on one of your molars but you haven’t actually completed the treatment yet. If you continue to put off getting the crown until the beginning of next year, you’ll be throwing away your remaining annual maximum for this year & using up next year’s benefits early instead. That means if you need any other treatment during the course of next year, you will have already used up your annual maximum & will have to pay out-of-pocket for it. Using up this year’s insurance maximum could actually save you money next year by ensuring you don’t hit your maximum too early!

So if you have dental treatment recommendations from us that you haven’t completed yet, give us a call as soon as possible so we can schedule your visit before the end-of-year rush. We’d be happy to help you check to see if you’ve hit your annual maximum yet & help you make the most of the money you have remaining on your insurance plan.

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As a family practice, we provide comfortable care for patients of all ages, from children to adults. From the moment you walk in the door, you’ll benefit from our experience & detail-oriented approach, as well as our warm & caring treatment philosophy.

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Dear Friends of Martin Dental Care

We are so happy to reopen our office this week seeing patients, safely and methodically, doing what we love.

Once again, we are taking measures and have protocols in place to make sure our patients are as safe as possible in this environment following guidelines of the CDC, ADA and Ohio State Dental Board. As the state of Ohio begins to open up, we are confident our dental office may actually be one of the safer places you visit:

Our staff understands how important it is to follow stringent guidelines for the health and protection of our patients.

Every surface is thoroughly wiped with bactericidal and virucidal agents.

Instruments are sterilized

We have invested in new equipment at our office that will reduce aerosols and utilize HEPA filters to safely capture microbes such as viruses and other contaminants within biological aerosols.

We have installed our very own “sneeze guard” in the reception area.

We have a stringent pre-screening protocol so that no patients or staff entering are exhibiting signs of Covid-19.

We are not using our waiting room and ask that you call upon arrival.

We are asking adults to plan to attend their appointments alone. A parent/guardian may accompany children or those with special needs.

We are taking temperatures of all staff and patients prior to entering.

We are asking anyone who enters to please wear a mask into the office and use our hand sanitizer as they enter, as well as prior to leaving.

We are also providing a pre-rinse mouthwash for patients before all appointments.

We are allowing greater time between patients to reduce waiting times for you.

Appointments are being staggered to allow for social distancing and thorough disinfection between appointments.

Our staff is working hard to get everyone rescheduled and we will do our very best to accommodate appointment requests as availability opens up! Thank you for your patience! We are so happy to be back!

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We are conveniently located in a Century Home on the northeast corner of the five-way intersection of East Main Street, North Willow Street & the Haymaker Parkway 59 bypass, one block west of the KSU campus.. Please use the map below to find directions to our office. If you have any questions, please call us at [phone-link].[/vc_column_text][vc_raw_html]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[/vc_raw_html][vc_column_text]